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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://analytics.apsva.us/public/equity/aps_membership.html

Look at the numbers. They are nowhere near half the students[/quote]
Our elementary works out to 37% of students identified as gifted and since almost no students are identified until the end of 1st or 2nd, that percentage is concentrated in the upper grades, bringing the total in the upper grades close to 50%.[/quote]

Statistically, 37% or 50% of kids cannot be outliers. Even in an area where there are lots of educated and smart people. Lots of kids can be advanced because they have access to good early childhood education, but that should not = "gifted," which is supposed to mean "has abilities so far beyond other kids they cannot be met in a regular classroom and require modifications or special intervention/teaching." By definition, a third or half of kids cannot be in that category. What everyone is concerned about is just enrichment. [/quote]
It helps if you just understand that APS uses "gifted" to mean "[b]students who are not adequately challenged by the standard curriculum." This is easily 30-50% of students.  [/b]Parents are upset because APS used to try to find at least some ways to challenge these students.  Post-pandemic, APS seems to have decided that providing enrichment for these students is inequitable, so all students have to get the same materials and opportunities. The AAC (formerly gifted resource teacher) only provides materials appropriate for *all* students and there will be no pull outs or separate opportunities.[/quote]
Ie the standard curriculum is bollucks. [/quote]

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